Re: ATM pitch mold, opinions needed

[Woodchuck <djv@bedford.net>]

On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, c f wrote:

>
> hello,
>
> Im gona break down and buy the mold.  it is 26 bucks, and the person lives
> close so I will pick it up personally.  This is my first mirror and i have
> never made a lap.  From what I have read, lap making is the number one
> reason atm people go insane LOL LOL LOL LOL.  and with young children
> around, it would be best if I kept my "curses to the lap" at a minimum.  so
> instead of doing all the presses, and cuts, and everything, Im gona get the
> mold, and just make it that way.  heat, pour, cool, polish.
> sanity kept in check.    The ideas, and advice I have recieved from both, my
> emails and from others that I have read is awsome.  It is nice to belong to
> a great group who are willing to help out others!
>
> thanks to all
>
> charles in wilmington
> www.geocities.com/quantemlp

The channeling method that I've used in the past wasn't mentioned
in this thread:  use a wood saw with soapy water lubricant.  It
sounds like it won't work, but it does; it's not particularly good
for the saw, so an old abused panel saw from a yard sale is indicated,
not your prize Sandvik.  Clean up with a chisel.  I've done this
only against glass-backed laps, don't know about new-fangled dental
plaster.  There's some danger of chipping, depending on the consistency
of the pitch.

26 bucks is a lot of bucks, the price of a fair bottle of whisky, if
I recollect.

I'm having a little trouble understanding what the big deal with laps
is.  I'm not very experienced, true, but it never seemed to bother me.
Perhaps too much thought and worry is put into it.

Dave